The very first NYT election map

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The speed with which the results made it into print boggles the mind given the technology of the day (especially considering that in the last few elections in the 2000s, with all of the technology available to us, there have been a number of states that we haven’t been able to call in the Wednesday paper).

What a beaut. That day, the paper cost 3 cents.

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For a good sense of this time period and the ability to rapidly send/receive information, I highly recommend the book The Victorian Internet by Tom Standage ( ISBN-10: 0802716040
ISBN-13: 978-0802716040 ). You might be surprised at the capabilities of “way back when”.